Farm Hands

{{Infobox film

| name = Farm Hands

| image = Our Gang Farm Hands43.jpg

| caption =

| director = Herbert Glazer

| producer = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| writer = Hal Law
Robert A. McGowan

| narrator =

| starring = Bobby Blake
Billy Laughlin
Billie Thomas
Mickey Laughlin
Murray Alper

| music =

| cinematography = Jackson Rose

| editing = Leon Borgeau

| distributor = Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer

| released = {{Film date|1943|06|19}}

| runtime = {{duration | m=10 | s= 26}}

| country = United States

| language = English

| budget =

}}

Farm Hands is a 1943 Our Gang short comedy film directed by Herbert Glazer. It was the 215th Our Gang short to be released.{{cite book |last1=Maltin |first1=Leonard |last2=Bann |first2=Richard W. |title=Our Gang: The Life and Times of the Little Rascals |date=1977 |publisher=Crown Publishers |pages=253–254 |isbn=978-0-517-52675-0 |url=https://archive.org/details/ourganglifetimes0000malt/page/252/mode/2up |access-date=3 March 2024}}

Plot

Moving out of their standard small-town surroundings, the gang visits the farm owned by Mickey's uncle where the youngsters attempt to milk a cow by placing two bottles under the udders and hoping that nature takes its course. The gang also feeds Mexican jumping beans to the chickens, are chased by an ornery mule, and end up stuck in a hay-baling machine.

Cast

=The Gang=

Bobby Blake as Mickey
Billy Laughlin as Froggy
Billie Thomas as Buckwheat
Mickey Laughlin as Happy

=Additional cast=

Murray Alper as Bill, Mickey's father

Reception

This film was criticized by The New York Times, riddled with misfired directing and unconvincing performers. If the film had some of the past gangers like Spanky, Alfalfa, Stymie and Wheezer, it may have been a better film.{{Cite web|url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226218/Farm-Hands/overview |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071120100856/http://movies.nytimes.com/movie/226218/Farm-Hands/overview |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-11-20 |department=Movies & TV Dept. |work=The New York Times |author=Hal Erickson |title=New York Times: Farm-Hands|author-link=Hal Erickson (author) |date=2007 |accessdate=2008-10-08}}